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They are often seen as non-conformists, idealists and sources of change and progress. They are the children of the past and the adults of the future who today represent around 21% of the country's population. There are fewer and fewer of them as time goes by.

They are also the most educated generation ever, the most well-equipped with digital tools and the one most accustomed to living in an increasingly global world. The civic participation of these young people and many of the causes they embrace therefore have the power to make us believe in a fairer, more sustainable and more equal future.

Young people in Portugal today face major challenges: building a stable career, leaving their parents' home and starting a family are just some of them. But there are grounds for hope.

 

Who are the youth of today's Portugal? This Foundation documentary has some answers.

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Documentário Fora da Vida
Out of life

Winner of the IndieLisboa Festival, this film adopts the theme «living on the minimum wage» as a starting point for examining how its subjects use the time they have left over from...

34 min
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Winner of the IndieLisboa Festival, this film adopts the theme «living on the minimum wage» as a starting point for examining how its subjects use the time they have left over from...

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Imagem de uma mulher rodeada pelos 11 filhos
Born to live

Over the past half-century, Portugal has achieved one of the fastest reductions in infant mortality rates globally and is now a world leader in this area. Maternal mortality has...

53 min
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Over the past half-century, Portugal has achieved one of the fastest reductions in infant mortality rates globally and is now a world leader in this area. Maternal mortality has...

Documentários Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos
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Documentary
21EPISODES
2021

Documentaries from the Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos co-produced by RTP, Portuguese National Television. .

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